University Archives

Speaker or author: Craft, William

Newspaper or publication: Northern Warder [Dundee]

Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Bill, and stressing the horrors and cruelties of slavery in the U.S.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 843 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1851

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Anti-Slavery Society; Britain; chattel; emancipation; freedom; fugitive; Fugitive Slave Bill; liberty; property; Scotland

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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